“Hot Septum” Sign of Constrictive Pericarditis

In patients with constrictive pericarditis, a characteristic reduction in the regional longitudinal strain seen in the areas of the left ventricular free wall and relative sparing of the septal longitudinal strain values create an easily recognizable bullseye plot pattern that can be described as “h...

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Main Authors: Edgar Argulian, MD MPH, Dan G. Halpern, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-02-01
Series:JACC: Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084919306795
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description In patients with constrictive pericarditis, a characteristic reduction in the regional longitudinal strain seen in the areas of the left ventricular free wall and relative sparing of the septal longitudinal strain values create an easily recognizable bullseye plot pattern that can be described as “hot septum.” (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)
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spelling doaj.art-3202a1ccba5a4f85b9d87973c928c01a2022-12-21T20:25:15ZengElsevierJACC: Case Reports2666-08492020-02-0122186190“Hot Septum” Sign of Constrictive PericarditisEdgar Argulian, MD MPH0Dan G. Halpern, MD1Mount Sinai St. Luke's Hospital, Mount Sinai Heart, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New YorkLeon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, New York University Langone Health, Grossman School of Medicine at NYU, New York, New York; Address for correspondence: Dr. Dan G. Halpern, New York University School of Medicine, The Leon H. Charney Division of the Cardiology, NYU Langone Healthcare, 530 First Avenue, Smilow 810, New York, New York 10016.In patients with constrictive pericarditis, a characteristic reduction in the regional longitudinal strain seen in the areas of the left ventricular free wall and relative sparing of the septal longitudinal strain values create an easily recognizable bullseye plot pattern that can be described as “hot septum.” (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084919306795constrictionechocardiographylongitudinal strain
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constriction
echocardiography
longitudinal strain
title “Hot Septum” Sign of Constrictive Pericarditis
title_full “Hot Septum” Sign of Constrictive Pericarditis
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title_full_unstemmed “Hot Septum” Sign of Constrictive Pericarditis
title_short “Hot Septum” Sign of Constrictive Pericarditis
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topic constriction
echocardiography
longitudinal strain
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